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Culture Night 2026: Tallinn Time Capsule

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Today is a special day at the orphanage. Girls and boys get to wear beautiful national costumes to participate in the lottery draw. Children who have not had much luck in life from the lottery wheel take out the winnings of the national lottery from the lucky wheel – luck for others: ten rubles, a transistor radio, a Zhiguli car… That night, the children of the orphanage fall asleep happily. After all, they have had the opportunity to touch happiness. Peeter Simm's documentary short story about the everyday lottery of life in the Estonian SSR of the early 80s.

  • Year
    1983
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    Estonian
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Peeter Simm
  • Screenwriter
    Peeter Simm
  • Producer
    Janika Freidkes
  • Cinematographer
    Nikolai Šarubin
  • Editor
    Aino Lootus
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